AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
H1n1SwineFlu
Is Swine Flu Poised for a British Invasion of the US?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHere it comes again. An outbreak of H1N1 flu has hospitalized 302 people in England and accounted for 14 deaths in recent weeks, the Guardian reported. Making matters worse, many British citizens, including health workers, have yet to receive flu shots this year after the frenzy of attention paid to H1N1 subsided at the conclusion of last year's pandemic season. This year's flu shot covers both seasonal and the so-called "swine" flu strains, but vaccination rates have been 2.5 percent lower this year than last, the BBC reported. "It was ill-advised not to have the public awareness campaign ...
WHO Admits Errors in Handling H1N1
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(April 12) -- The World Health Organization has admitted to errors and a lack of clear communication in handling the H1N1 pandemic last year, but its top influenza expert says the agency doesn't regret proclaiming the flu a pandemic. "The reality is there is a huge amount of uncertainty [in a pandemic]. I think we did not convey the uncertainty. That was interpreted by many as a nontransparent process," Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's leading influenza expert, told a panel of experts convening this week for a post-pandemic analysis of the organization's response to H1N1. The agency uses a six-stage ...
Disease Center: Up To 17,000 Americans Killed by Swine Flu
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe H1N1 virus, known as "swine flu," has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including up to 1,800 children, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said that between 41 million and 84 million cases of H1N1 occurred during the 2009 pandemic, Reuters reported. Children and younger adults were most seriously affected, researchers said. From April 2009 to January of this year, between 183,000 and 378,000 people were hospitalized with swine flu, the CDC estimated. Globally, accurate estimates of swine flu infection are hard to come by. The CDC and ...
Lieberman Calls Out Government on H1N1 Vaccine Shortage
By Markham Heid - Politics DailyAs public discontent festers in response to inadequate H1N1 vaccine supplies, Congressional calls for answers continue to swell. ...
Take a Sick Day, Please: H1N1 and the Office
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAs a near-constant sneezer when the weather changes, flu season is a chance for me to experience the kind of general public shunning usually reserved for tax auditors or people who attempt to leash their cats. On crowded trains, I not only have my own seat, but usually an empty one next to me as well. At the grocery store checkout, other customers eye me suspiciously and dig in their purses or pockets for bottles of Purell. The other day, after I sat down at the table next to him, an alarmed man promptly fled the coffee shop, muttering about germs. As it so happens, I'm not sick -- just ...
The Hajj and H1N1: Pilgrimage During a Pandemic
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyBy some estimates, the hajj is the single largest, annual gathering in the world; the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca attracts between 2 and 3 million visitors from all over the globe. But this year, officials are worried about several strains of H1N1. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, researchers warned that measures would need to be taken to prevent outbreaks of H1N1 both during the hajj, which takes place Nov. 25-30 this year, and after, as travelers return to their home countries. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Ziad Memish, who is also the Assistant Deputy ...
Despite Assurances, Senators Question Government's Swine Flu Response
By Markham Heid - Politics DailyIn an attempt to quell renewed public concern over the H1N1 flu virus, three of President Barack Obama's top Cabinet officials assured members of Congress on Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak in the U.S. is still under control. "We're addressing this situation aggressively and collectively," said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who was joined at the Senate homeland security hearing by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Leading the proceedings, Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) cited the shortage of available ...
Free H1N1 Flu Vaccines for Everyone in the Country
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe U.S. government is a ramping up a drive to make sure that everyone in the U.S. who wants the H1N1 influenza virus vaccine can get either a shot or nasal spray for free or for a small charge. At least 6 million vaccine doses will be distributed during the first week of October, with tens of millions to follow each week. In all, 250 million doses have been purchased by the federal government. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the Center for Disease Control's Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, met with reporters in the ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics